Hi Anna , my name is Alejandro I began learning at the age of 20 and today I'm 44 years old and I've never been to any English speaking country and I've spoken to many native English speakers from the USA and they have told me exactly the same as you mentioned in your video it doesn't matter where you are with all the resources available for learning any language, so when there is a will there's a way my English is still so far from being the level I wish I had but I'm going there working on my speaking skills every single day the key factor is to get out of the comfort zone and don't be afraid of making mistakes my greetings from Chile

@EnglishFluencyJourney

Ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing this! :)

@webdevelopment-zw7ei

Ай бұрын

I'm From Bangladesh... Learning english I want to improve my self. But I can't find any Partner to speak and improve my fluency. Can you help me??

@louisjusteernso3740

29 күн бұрын

​@@webdevelopment-zw7eiI would like to practice with you

@pavel9652

24 күн бұрын

​​​@@webdevelopment-zw7eiTalk to yourself, explain things, shadow dialogues, watch content in English, use text to speech to listen to the articles, news, weather forecast, and vocabulary you play with, or pay someone to waste their time.

@kinoboots5650

14 күн бұрын

​@@webdevelopment-zw7ei Hi there! We can speak English together. I am from Ukraine. I knew what is when you don't have anyone for practice to speak))

The secret is to read a lot and to surround yourself with native English speakers

I am English and live in the UK. I have been learning Romanian for about five years because I love learning languages and have some really good Romanian friends through whom I have fallen in love with Romania. I go there quite often. On a recent trip I was sitting in a café in Bucharest chatting with some Romanian friends (in Romanian) and was told another English guy was going to join us. Apparently, he'd lived in Bucharest for nine years. When he arrived everyone switched to English because he couldn't speak Romanian beyond ordering food and drinks etc. When he discovered I did speak Romanian he was full of admiration and wanted to know how I'd done it. He told me he'd been hoping he would 'just pick it up once he got here'. I could tell from his questions that he was hoping I would give him a quick, easy, effort free way of learning a language. He lost interest when I told him I'd just studied hard and practised. So in short I learned more with self study in England than he had actually living there for nine years simply because he wasn't prepared for the effort.

@cristinamorarescu7187

8 күн бұрын

felicitari!!! 👏👏👏

As a non native speaker, you are great, I like the way you teach us

@EnglishFluencyJourney

Ай бұрын

Thank you! 😃

I just started studying English, but I'm bad at especially speaking because I have no opportunity to speak English in my country, so I try to make video in English on my KZread channel😆 I want to be a more fluent speaker, so I'm going to keeping💪

@let201

Ай бұрын

There's a free app called Hello Talk where you can find native people to talk to.

@123456789tube100

13 күн бұрын

How long have you been learning?

I live in Mexico, and I've been studying for four years, I'm not fluent in English yet, but I feel that I improve a little bit every day

@imoliver2822

Ай бұрын

That's the key, everyday learning something

@MisterHowzat

Ай бұрын

​@@imoliver2822 every day learn

@erlishenrique9933

Ай бұрын

For years?! I am less motivate now! I have been studying for one years

@ignaciosegobianocamarena7593

Ай бұрын

@@erlishenrique9933 actually I,m really obsessed, when I'm feel passionate about some thing, I don't stop until I get that, so I wake up at 3:50 a.m. every day since four years ago, I know I'm a weird person jajajaja 😂

Love this video! It’s exactly what happen to me! I have almost 6 years here, and I understand everything but when is time to speak something I forgot so many things. And I know that I need to more to make come true my dreams

You have a point. I couldn't agree more

Thanks for your honesty. I'd always been skeptical when I heard people say that you could arrive in a country without speaking the language and become fluent very quickly. But now, I know it's not always true.

You are a big inspiration for those who want to learn English with a "lack" of the natural resources. I've followed your personal history and it's amazing the way you developed your skills ❤

I like your teaching method. You’re one of my favorite English teachers. I don't know why, but I feel better and more motivated when I watch and listen to you. You have a beautiful accent and a pleasant voice. You are amazing!

Improving my English from a basic to an advanced level is a journey that required dedication and the right resources for me. I began by incorporating a variety of learning tools into my daily routine. I found watching videos like yours immensely helpful. To reinforce my learning, I engaged in shadowing exercises, repeating phrases and sentences spoken by native speakers to improve pronunciation and fluency.

@let201

Ай бұрын

There's a free app called Hello Talk where you can find native people to talk to.

Although I can understand a lot of English, I'm not very good at expressing myself. Thank you for your videos; they've taught me a lot.

Hi Ana, I Totally agree with you. Thanks for your content

I couldn't agree more with you Great content highly recommended 👍👍👍👍

Wonderful ! Have no words ! Thank you so much much !

@EnglishFluencyJourney

Ай бұрын

☺️

The tips you say always hits the spot thats why i like your channel thank you

@Jack0112358

9 күн бұрын

which tips she talk 15 min saying nothing

I have been listening to my Haitian workmates speak Creole for two years and I still have not learned a single word. This shows that you don't learn only from the environment, you need to study actively.

Thanks for sharing tips no matter how many videos I saw and how many books i read still I am facing issues while speaking .

Hey! What an interesting video! Everything you said is so true, I've been living in the States for over 4 years and I can confirm that, it doesn't matter where you live you still need to work hard on your English, the reality is not everyone is willing to go through the learning process, at the end of the day learning anothe language is like working out or learning how to play an instrument. Thank you for sharing your thoughts!

Tysm Anna. I'd never know about this if you haven't told us. And that's a real kicker. Thanks again. Edit- that's why I have been following you for 2 years or 3 maybe. Because I have always felt like you are so real.

Just came across your video! I'm from Japan, living in English speaking countries for over 20 years now (have a degree from an Australian university), but somehow speaking hasn't improved much probably due to my introverted nature 😅(outside my family, I don't have many people to talk to). Not a problem at work, as I do a job that doesn't require me to talk much, though. Your video is a good reminder that I need to use English to improve. Thanks!

Hi, I get what you say. It's kind of a connection with others! Thanks for sharing and sending you hugs here. I have never been to US and I was born and raised in Malaysia!

Amazing Anna, I've recently joined your channel, but got great benefits. I'm intermediate speaker, and looking forward to improving my skills depending on yuor videos and tips. Have a good night. Thanks a lot.

You're right Anna, my brother has lived in Quebec, CA, for more than 10 years and he has made sure to create a Latin community, then he is still unable to speak French.

Thank you for your advice 🙂❤

Your videos are been very important for my apprenticeship. I'm brazilian. Thank you.

This video is helpful. Thank you.

Really I want to thank you so much because all your information Thank you

Thank you for your video. I also know foreigners who have been here for decades and haven't learned English well.They have lived in their ethnic community. I teach ESL at my church, and have observed that some foreigners have the impression that 2-3 hours on A Saturday is enough to learn English. I am learning a foreign language and can understand what is said to me. Responding is a totally different skill. I tried to learn by speaking to another beginner in this language, but we always reverted to English. Putting your mind to it (self-discipline) is the key. We go to our job even when we don't feel like it. We need to learn more even when wev don't feel like it.

You have a good point. The only reason people cannot learn another language to the level of their own native language is because they expect learning will be automatically acquired without much effort and attention. This reasoning holds them back in trying harder and using their attention. Another reason could be that they probably never learned their native language well. So they carry same lack of motivation into their second language. There are many different qualities a person has starting with family , friends,culture, education level, age that makes it harder or easier to learn another language. However getting exposed to another language when young could be the number 1 advantage coupled with cultural background of the family one belongs I mean the educational level of the parents and other family members.

Hi Hannah, Your vidéos are usually smart and original ... This one IS courageous on thé top of that for there IS no flattery in it , only truth , which Can bé vanity pricking for some people. As for me, i've done exactly what you Say all over my life , and then my english has got quitte good even if i'm still struggling with some moovies and accents or vocal bulary in them. Your vidéos show me i've still got to work out to keep on improving😊 . Sorry for couples of accents, coming from my french keyboard... Thanks Hannah , and m'y kindest regards to Ukrain...

yes motivation is the key

I really like the way you speak and how to explain each video.🥰🥰

I'm Gulfam Ali from Pakistan. I also listen to your video. Because the English have became the requirement of everyone in this competitive World. Good 👍 Work and precious videos for us. Thanks for it...

I love your posts 💕

Hands on works best for me. I learned mine from the streets mostly interacting with ppl. Being in a native English speaking country is a huge help tho, since you get to live n breath it 24 hours/day more than anywhere. Make an effort to talk as much as possible. Listen , watch ppl and how they respond. Sometimes even when you dont understand it , your subconsious still catches it. If I hear ppl talk everyday, Im like a baby, I still absorb it, even tho ppl know Im not coherent enough. I get flashbacks all the time, during day and night in my time alone, suddenly I just put 2 and 2 together somehow by studying on my own, after hearing same thing over n over everyday.

I live in Manila, Philippines. Currently, I never live in an English-speaking country, and I am developing my overall English comprehension on my own. Furthermore, I was learning English when I was little, and then I started to learn my first language, Tagalog, which is a standard native Filipino language. Then I'm officially bilingual by balancing my native language and English by doing these two language comprehensions, as in my 20s. I consider myself a nonnative English speaker, which means a native Filipino speaker. In addition, I also learned some foreign languages, but I've just been doing this since the pandemic until the end of the pandemic. 🗣️🥰

Thank you!!!

I recently moved to Canada and all you talk about is so true! It's really a huge amount of work needed to improve language, nothing is coming from the air, even if you live in English-speaking environment. I've been working in american company for many years and already have acceptable communication skills, but I'm not advanced in it. And I have motivation to be fluent, but I need to always go out of my comfort zone! If people speak fast or with strong accent (or they are teens) I can easily lose the idea of their speech. I quickly got tired from reading any kind of info with many new words in English. Unfortunately I don't have English-speaking friends yet and speaking practise doesn't come naturally. I try to include more English in my daily life but that's always a bit tricky and artificial.

I don't understand what you are saying, but I like the way you speak and I hope to learn English from you

Agreed as always. And just as an add to the topic; Learning a language is generally easier for children due to neuroplasticity and time advantages. Children's brains are more adaptable, making language acquisition quicker. Research suggests starting before 18 increases the likelihood of native-like mastery. While adults can learn languages effectively, children's rapid learning is linked to neuroplasticity and cognitive flexibility. The critical period for language learning is strongest before 18, but adults can still achieve fluency with determination and exposure. Ultimately, age influences language learning speed, but motivation and environment play crucial roles in mastering a new language. This "arguing" you mentioned you keep receiving, is probably related to this. As we grow up, we find it harder to learn, specially on the social part.

Thanks for u advice 😃👍👌

This is an interesting topic, I think part of the reason people don't learn is that they don't actually enjoy or love the language and the learning process, and they think it's gonna be easy once they get to the US, like she said here, but the hard truth is that you must put in hours of hard work and dedication. In my case, I came from Cuba about 30 years ago, but years before I was able to get my visa I went to language school for 2 years, then when I got to the States I kept studying, reading, watching tv and talked to my American friends or co-workers, it takes a lot of work and you have to love it! Great video, by the way.

any journey also start from a tap feet . As long as don’t give up and keep going anyway !😊

You are absolutely correct. I also thought the same that I need a perfect condition to become a fluent English speaker, and ofcourse I was wrong. They say, we always find a perfect condition to start something, although starting itself is the best condition. So , you have to start it all by yourself, get out of your comfort zone, make mistakes and learn from it and YOU will be proud of yourself one day.🌸

Hi anna.firstly i told you that i am so weak in English.but i want to learn it .bcz i want to go to foreign country for my study.so i watch your videos every time and it is very helpful for me i think.thanks for your support.god bless ❤

Congratulations!

Hello, Anna. This is all so true. I watched a movie once in which there’s a foreign community of people living in London. They spent time together speaking their native language, they worked for people who spoke their language, they even watched tv from their country of origin. No wonder they never become fluent.

Good evening. I love your advices and your lessons. Thanks for all. I prefer your "speak with me" content.

@josecontreras7153

Ай бұрын

"advice" is uncountable 😅

It's a great idea to start learning a second language early on. It's even better to start in your target country. If you're an adult and come to another country and have to learn this language when one just finished high school, you might miss out on some great opportunities to improve your life in a new country.

Hello Anna, I moved to Poland several months ago. I started to learn Polish before I came here and many of your ideas, of course work with any language. I'm hardly fluent but I have immersed myself in the country and expose myself to as much language as possible. I also have some friends who I'm helping with their English and I regularly use your channel to help them. Your awesome. Thanks.

@dwi5582

Ай бұрын

I don't want to be a grammar Nazi, but "you're" not "your" 🫢

@EnglishFluencyJourney

Ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing your experience!

@MisterHowzat

Ай бұрын

​​@@dwi5582 Certainly important to note for someone who helps others with their English. EDIT: Just to be clear, I was referring to the person you were commenting to.

Absolutely

You’re absolutely right!, I used to live in the US and I can say that my best progress was when I worked for an American company, however when I left that job and got another in a Latin company, where my colleagues spoke only Spanish, I forgot even the confidence that I earned in the other job and started to see a decrease in my speaking skills. You need to immerse into the language, it’s the only way, I swear.

I must try to speak and learn a lot of new words.

Hi, i am from Fiji Islands and most people here communicate in British English. We learn English from our school days to University here.

Wow, you're a real philosophy 👏

I wana speak English fluently. so I subscribed to your channel. Thanks a lot.

@shilefang5356

Ай бұрын

❤

Hola, como estas?, no he aprendido ingles pero me gusta escuchar tus videos, no soy muy bueno para aprender idiomas.

Hi, Anna 😊 Thank you for sharing your KZread video. Your video is interesting for me. In my opinion, it's not necessary to become a native speaker, but we should be familiarized with global ears. I'm studying English every day. I'm looking forward to watching your next video. See ya. Catch you later 😊

Great video, congratulations. I'm in the group of those who study (level B2 now) and have never been abroad and neither have a native English speaker to practice. I use KZread, Netflix, the bible app, among other things. My struggle is to increase the level. I'm a level B2 for many years and, although I tried, I could never become a C1, for example. Maybe if I could practice more with a native or even with an artificial intelligence app...

As I'm contemplating on this topic again.. I was acquainted with these 3 people ,we studied in the same class. When they were 15-16, they lived in the US as exchange students in American families through the cultural program called "Flex", for a year. I had a chance to observe the way the 2 of them speak for the 4 following years afterwards, when they came back to Ukraine. And they were fluent. Mastered the peculiar accent of that particular state. As far as I remember, they didn't know all of the English grammar topics in the universe if we are to ask about that. Or couldn't read any English book with great ease out of those existing. But they knew so much. And a regular foreign student abroad, if they don't sacrifice so much, can't come close to that fluency in my experience... But those people also were the "A" students in genereal. Fast, bright, business-oriented, hard-working, "a triple threat" ... So I think that's being immersed in the environment combined with the natural talent and hard work...

Hi Ana. I am from Guatemala. Here basically is necessary, speak english to get a job at least well paid. So this factor create a pressure to learn and keep practicing with all the resources we have available. But you need to enjoy the process and love the language you are learning, otherwise it would be better just get away from it. 😊

Living in the US and not learning it properly is a disaster

way my english very weekly .pleased teach me

Basically, I learned that it's possible to learn English in an advanced level without living in an English speaking country when I knew your channel seven years ago, I thought you were an inspiration for me. Right now, I haven't been in any English speaking country, but I talk to Americans everyday via Microsoft Teams because my work. I don't know if I'm fluent or not, I just know that I can communicate with English speaking people everyday without any big issue

I have been here in usa for years, and I m still not fluent but I don t want to give up ❤

I'm not from an English speaking country my native language is Arabic .. I'm an English learner , in fact that I know many people from my country they've lived in America for more than 15 years but unfortunately they still can't speak English .. that's why I totally agree with you Anna and I do believe hundred percent of every single word your mentioned in this video .. thanks Anna 🌹🌹🌹

@AichaBouhlassa

Ай бұрын

arabic from what

Hi,Anaa,Im from Bangladesh near India. Aktar is here.Iike you teach.

Hi anna, iam from india keep going. Thank you.♥️

It’s true that Living in English country is the best way to improve your English and be fluent but with all the platforms we have now like KZread for exemple you can learn English from everywhere and be fluent if you’re determined

Hi Anna please 🥺 make a playlist for basic to advanced English speaking 🗣️

Hey I'm 1 year and one month since I stared to learn english

I just retell feature articles from The Guardian online magazine. Do it every day for at least an hour and you'll be fine; and don't forget to extend your vocabulary. Good luck!

Hi Anna, you're probably right.. I'm 44 now but I choose to learn English since a few moment because I really need to talk to someone about my situation. I need to escape it . I have no friend. despite i am married and have 3 daughters, speaking another language makes me more confident and all of them don't know what i am saying.i can't talk my probleme with my native language.

In my experience, the Spanish speaking folks wouldn't bother to learn English in the US. I met many and most just didn't want to learn or like it. But they wanted the US dollars.

as a child of migrant parents, I was allowed to speak to them in English and they would answer back in their native language as well as in English when they learnt the words and we both got the benefit. Forcing children to only use their parent's native tongue at home is wrong and can really stunt the migration experience for the whole family as they tend not to associate with English speaking people and live in a cocoon.

Greetings from Venezuela. 🇻🇪👌

Easy when you are accepted and helped in every group 😉

Hello Ana, my name is Darwin, I’ve been living In USA for at least 2 years, and now I feel I little more confident that when I came to this country, When I was in My country I had the intention tu study English, But I never tried so hard, I was so comfortable with my level because, I don’t actually needed, but when came to this country, I’ve been trying so hard to become fluent, but I have a big deal with my listening skills, maybe I need to listen more English or I don’t know What in doing wrong

I always listen your speak. Thank you so much. Where are you from?

I think, Hanna, the comment is referring to communities like the Latin Americans. That is something historical because see " The Godfather" and Little Italia in NYC only Italian was spoken. But for me, it was very useful when I went to the US and I was exposed to native speakers and forced naturally to speak English.

By the time I visited my first English speaking country, I was already able to speak it and understand it freely. Then I moved to the US and my English has been improving further on its own, without intentional learning.

My aunt, who didn't completed the basic school and has a "bad" spanish, went to USA 20 years ago and currently is able to work with English speakers. So, the environment pushes you.

Of course, when you start living in an English-speaking country it makes it easier to learn more English stuff but it depends only on ourselves to boost it...

I moved to Cyprus from Russia two years ago and start learning English here. It is really difficult and it takes almost all your time. And yes, many people don't know English or Greek. They just live in Russian community. The biggest problem for me is a plato on about a B2 level. I don't understand how to achieve C1

This problem exist in so much countries, even in Switzerland where we have four official languages . The main reason why people don’t speak the local language is their environment. In every Country you will find a Group of People they share your culture and traditions. For instance isn’t necessary to speak a foreign language

Thank you 💗 Where can I find English clubs?

There are many immigrants that have been immersed into the English community and, yes they can speak the lenguage, but with strong accent and not full able to find the right words. Why? Because some of them a) do not have as good memory as average people to capture so many new words, b) they arrived to the country as developed adults, c) because they cannot hear some new sound in the new language so they cannot replicate it.

Nice very nice 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

Great video and excellent production quality! ;) I watched it out of curiosity, as my English is fluent, near native and I am working on Italian and have to brush up my German ;) I have met people like described in the video or people who can speak but can't get a decent accent after living abroad for decades. I always wondered why is this and suspected they got stuck in the bubble and put no effort.

@vogditis

22 күн бұрын

At what age did you start learning English? Native speakers start learning their first language at birth. The second language must have started at the age of 2-4 years, because later you will have some accent with your second language... My second language is Russian, which I learned at the age of 6-7 when I lived in the Soviet Union, where Russian was the main language. A second is at the level of a second without any illusions about my second Russian.

@pavel9652

22 күн бұрын

@@vogditis You can learn any accent at any time, see actors. True is that children have an easier job. I didn't mean accent, however, but a general proficiency. Perhaps there is a misunderstanding in terminology. My vocabulary is still probably 1/10th of the native, but I have no problems expressing myself in English. In fact, it is often easier for me to speak English, as I think in English, but I know more words in my native such as archaic forms, fancy idioms, infrequent words and I am able to produce subtle sarcasm more reliably. I brought the language to proficiency mostly abroad, but aside from speaking I have listened to ton of articles with text to speach. Literally I was listening to something all the time! My accent is probably about 60% American and 40% British, with quite a bit of words I mispronounce ;) If you don't use the language all the time every day, there is only as far as you can get.

@vogditis

22 күн бұрын

@@pavel9652Proficiency. Yes, it is important, and I am sure you have a good level of English. My second Russian is a high-level second because I have lived since early childhood in a country where most people speak Russian. The difference between my Russian and my Latvian is not the number of words. I probably have as many as they do, but they have a better sense of how words are connected in their native language, especially in writing. I also learned German at school and never learned English. I did not know I had that language in my head until I was 34. At that age, I moved to Ireland for work and understood the first day part of Irish very clearly. Now I am 50 years old and have begun to feel English words as words of my second language. After almost 20 years, I have gone from ¨good morning¨ on my first day in Ireland to a real second language at my age. People in their 50s think about how much time they have before they retire. I am thinking about what to do with my new second language. The real second language works as a separate system in our brains and my English started doing like this 3-4 months ago.

@vogditis

22 күн бұрын

I have worked in a workplace where many people did not speak English. They asked me to help them if they could not find a better translator than me with broken English. I felt annoyed and always tried to tell them to do what I did in learning English to improve my language, but I did not know that I had been exposed to English in my youth and the real language was behind me. I was only over 30 when I started learning my second language from the past and my progress was very slow without the feeling of words.

@pavel9652

21 күн бұрын

@@vogditis Russian is a difficult language, at least for English native speakers. You know more words in your native language, unless it is very similar to Russian or you had been learning effectively two languages in parallel in your childhood. Alternatively, having a low education level, stopping education early, leaving country, never reading books, etc. could result in small vocabulary in native language as well. I have just used English vocabulary calculator that samples words by frequency and it estimated my vocabulary at circa 20k, well in the range of college/university graduates and professionals, which is great result for a second language! I am looking to learn more idioms and less frequent words in the near future. I don't think my native vocabulary is an order of magnitude better, maybe a factor of 1.5x or 2x, so I was wrong.

Hi respected Anna! I love your way of speaking and I give you nick name Jenny🥰❤️

Hi my teacher ❤❤

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I think, for those who study alone, the shadowing technique is the best option. We need to use our mouths and speak. 🤣

@imoliver2822

Ай бұрын

Reading out loud you mean?

Hi, Anna. Are you in Kentucky, aren't you?

If we stay native English speaker country you can easily learn because no other way to skip you have to speak English in that place. Because l already learned one language like this. But one more you have to practice and intrest to learn that language otherwise not possible

In the case of hispanics like me, it's because we are a large community that you can be fine and get a job just speaking spanish.

LEARN IT IS DIFFER FROM USE IT

Well, a bit of a strech but I feel it works for anything in life, you don't learn a lot if you always stay with the same small group of people. Just go "outside" and live adventures. :) :)